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Whitehorse is classified as an Isolated Post. As such, the successful candidate must meet all the conditions under the Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive prior to appointment. In addition, the successful candidate will be entitled to an Isolated Post Allowance.
Important financial information:
• Isolated Post Allowances (Northern Allowance) for Whitehorse ranges from approximately $9,636 to $13,489.
• Vacation Travel Assistance is provided once a year for Whitehorse of approximately $792 for each eligible member of the household.
The position is located in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. If not already a resident in Whitehorse, YT, the selected candidate will have to relocate to Whitehorse. Remote work or telework is not possible. The work requires to be in office 5 days a week.
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📢 Anticipatory Staffing - The immediate intent of the process is to staff indeterminately one position at RCMP, in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
A pool of partially qualified candidates may be established, which could be used to staff temporary, and/or permanent positions, with similar qualifications, various linguistic profiles, various security requirements, and/or various tenures at RCMP, within the Yukon Region. Conditions of employment may vary according to the positions to be staffed.
Positions to be filled: 1
Your résumé.
A degree* from a recognized post-secondary institution or an acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience**.
Notes:
Based on their education, training and/or experience, indeterminate incumbents of positions in the IS classification are deemed to meet the minimum education standard whenever a bachelor's degree without specialization is called for in a position classified as IS.
*Degree:
Unless otherwise specified (e.g., master's degree), the term "degree" refers to a bachelor's degree, as established by the appropriate educational authorities.
** Acceptable combination of education, training and/or experience:
• A high school diploma with at least 5 years of work experience in communications or;
• A college diploma in the field of communications with at least 3 years of work experience in communications.
• Experience in researching, writing, developing and editing a variety of communication products* to support Communication Advisors** or senior management***(or higher).
• Experience in responding to public enquiries or clients (internal or external).
• Experience consulting internal or external partners.
*Variety of communications products refers to a minimum of three (3) products such as news releases, media advisories, media lines, internal messages for employees, speeches, social media content or communication plans for internal and/or external partners such as federal organizations, central agencies, stakeholders, non-governmental organizations, other orders of government, or industry.
** Communication Advisor is defined as the last level before having a supervisory position. A Communication Advisor normally has their own clients and communication portfolio to manage. For candidates applying from within the Government of Canada, we consider Communication Advisors to be persons occupying a level IS-04 position.
**Senior management is defined as a manager who supervises staff, assigns tasks, oversees workload and completes performance assessments for employees for a team of two employees or more. For candidates applying from within the Government of Canada, we consider senior management to be persons occupying level IS-05 and IS-06 positions. For RCMP police officers/regular members, this is the equivalent of one or two levels under the rank of Superintendent.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to analyze a problem, situation or process and make recommendations.
• Ability to develop communication products for a variety of audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, negotiate timelines and meet deadlines
• Experience in corporate communications.
• Experience in advertising.
• Experience in marketing.
• Experience in social media.
• Experience writing and editing various journalistic-style content for print or online.
• Experience in media relations.
• Experience in speech writing.
• Experience in crisis communications.
• Experience in operational communications*.
*Operational communications are public communications related to the organization’s day-to-day activities, which are of a safety/security nature and may include emergency components to be shared quickly with the general public.
For example, we consider these to be operational communications at the RCMP when the communication is intended for the general public and relates to:
• Active shooter
• Massive seizure of drugs
• Current anti-terrorist operation
• Arrest of criminal leader
• Forest fire evacuation
• Flood warning
English essential
Information on language requirements
• Ability to communicate effectively orally.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
• Ability to analyze a problem, situation or process and make recommendations.
• Ability to develop communication products for a variety of audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, negotiate timelines and meet deadlines
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Judgement
• Initiative
• Dependability
• Must work overtime on short notice from time to time.
• Must be on call during evenings, weekends and on public holidays from time to time.
• Must carry and monitor a mobile communications device outside of work hours when required.
• Willingness to relocate within 40 km of position location
• Meet and maintain the medical profile standards established for the position, and (if applicable) any additional medical requirements for isolated posts, in accordance with the National Joint Council Isolated Posts and Government Housing Directive.
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police Enhanced Reliability Status- All applicants for positions within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will be subject to a thorough security clearance process which includes an interview wherein questions may include (but not limited to), reference checks, previous employment, on-line activities, credit checks, alcohol and/or drug use.
The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.
Information on employment equity
NOTE: Applications are to be received online by clicking on the button below. Please do not send your resume or application to the Contact noted unless you are a person with a disability who is unable to apply online. The Contact can assist with general questions.
You will be required to demonstrate how you meet the education and experience criteria (essential and asset) for the initial screening, in answering online screening questions. We cannot make any assumptions about your experience. Simply saying you have the required qualifications or listing your current duties is not enough.
It is your responsibility to provide clear and concrete examples in your responses to each question, including when (from-to), where (occupational title, organization) and how you obtained your education and experience. It is recommended that you describe the experience examples in specific terms, providing sufficient details so that the Assessment Board can clearly understand. Describe the situation/task, the action you took, what you accomplished and/or what you learned. Should you indicate in your response "please refer to CV/resume" your application will be rejected. Lack of examples and details will result in your application being rejected as the Assessment Board will have insufficient information to determine if the requirement is met.
Do you wish to better your odds at being considered? Then use the Screening Questionnaire wisely, by demonstrating how you meet the Education and Experience Criteria listed under “Essential Qualifications” and “Asset Qualifications” (other qualifications). Use concrete examples by using the STAR technique, describing:
• The Situation;
• The Tasks you were required to achieve;
• The Actions you took; and
• The Results of your actions.
ATTENTION: should your examples not be concrete enough or should they contain insufficient details, unfortunately, your application will be rejected. We will not contact you to obtain further information.
All communication relating to this process, including email correspondence and telephone conversations, may be used in the assessment of qualifications. Note: Written Communication Skills will be assessed throughout application.
Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.
Information on the preference to veterans
We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.